Thirteen people were killed in a triple attack in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu on Friday, medics said. Two people were killed in twin explosions that rocked the city before a third moments later near a mosque that left another 11 dead, the latest attacks in the region where Boko Haram Islamists are waging […]

BOKO HARAM seem to be gathering the confidence of a thing that has come to stay in Nigeria. They have grown from a small cell of violent persons,to a big international terror group within the last six years, and even more with their allegiance or affiliation to ISIS. They have won and lost caliphates within Nigeria, and are very committed to wasting the blood of more people in this country.

Civil servants in Osun State yesterday ignored the directive of the labour leaders in the state to resume work following the truce reached with the state government over unpaid salary arrears.

CONTRARY to fears being expressed in some quarters that President Muhammadu Buhari will overlook the South-East in appointments and execution of capital projects because the zone did not give him maximum support in the last election, he is out to woo the zone, a source has said.

Lagos—Almost a year after a guest house being built by Synagogue Church of All Nations, SCOAN, collapsed in Ikotun area of the state, killing scores of worshippers and workers, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, yesterday, said his administration will enforce the verdict of the Coroner’s inquest in consonance with the rule of law to prosecute the church and the contractor handling the construction.

We must not even accommodate those who believe that our youth exist only for enslavement and arbitrary slaughter. These creatures are not part of us. They belong to no known community of humans. We must join hands in expelling them from our midst and remain dedicated to that eternal human undertaking – the pursuit of truth and illumination through the exercise of the mind,” he said.

ABEOKUTA—An Ogun State High Court sitting at Isabo, Abeokuta, yesterday sentenced a retired soldier, Alabi Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for raping his 10-year-old step-daughter and infecting her with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV.

The People Democratic Party (PDP), has called on the United States of America and the international community to advise President Muhamadu Buhari and the ruling party to observe the tenets of democracy.

Multiple explosions rocked Damaturu, the Yobe State capital at Phase I near Eid Praying ground, Friday morning.

Organisers and promoters of boxing tournaments in Nigeria should take note of this if they are looking for an appropriate venue for the next important showdown among pugilists. The Niger State Government House may just as well serve that purpose.

The Sultan of Sokoto and President of Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, N‎SCIA, His eminence Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III yesterday announced the sighting of the moon to ursher in the new islamic month of Shawwal and signaling the end of Ramadan.

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is visiting the United States of America, courtesy an invitation from that country’s President, Barrack Obama.
It’s widely known that the relationship between the two nations has for the past two years or more been strained.

BARELY five days after being removed from office, the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd) is being trailed by security agents.

Governors Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos state and his counterparts in Ogun, Kwara, Ondo, and Plateau have congratulated Muslims across the country on the successful completion of Ramadan Fasting and urged the citizens to continue to embrace peace, love and be tolerant of one another

Speaker Yakubu Dogara of the House of Representatives yesterday formally conceded the position of House Leader and Chief Whip of the House to the Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila-led group.